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Public Test Realm Patch Notes

Test Patch Notes Disclaimer: The test realm patch notes only apply to features that exist on the public test realms. We provide these patch notes to players who wish to know what features and changes exist in the test environment in order to more effectively test these features.

To learn more about the Public Test Realm, visit our Test Realm Page.

World of Warcraft PTR Patch 2.2.0

General

Voice Chat - The new Voice Chat feature is now available in game. Players will need to go into the options menu under Sound & Voice to activate it. Volume sliders are available for the microphone, speakers, and game-audio fade (which automatically lowers the game audio when a voice communication is received), as is a “push-to-talk” setting. Right-clicking on a player’s name now includes the option to mute or unmute that player. Muting another player blocks all voice chat from him or her; the ignore feature now blocks both voice chat and text chat from that player.

Chat Channels- New Chat Channel controls and functionality are now available under the chat tab in the Social Window of the interface. The interface will now show the channels players are in or are available, depending on the area of the world they are in, along with new private channel controls.

A new feature for reporting players as being AFK in battlegrounds by right clicking has been added. When enough reports are registered, a 30 second debuff will begin to count down. Once the timer is up a new debuff will appear that will prevent the player from gaining any honor while it is on. This debuff can be negated as soon as the player engages in combat.

Haste: Haste has been rebalanced. It has returned to the ratios from the launch of Burning Crusade. Melee attacks and spell casts will now benefit at identical rates from haste. This change results in a reduction in the benefit of haste for melee attacks and an increase in the benefit for spellcasters.

Troll Berserk: The spell haste on this ability was incorrectly too high and has been corrected.

Resilience Rating: The reduction to the percent chance to get a critical strike now also reduces the damage dealt by damage over time effects by the same percentage.

Daze: Defense skill will no longer reduce the chance players have to receive the Daze effect when attacked from behind by enemies.

Area Spells: In some cases guards in neutral areas would not aggro against pvp attacks from area spells. That is now fixed.

Corrected the damage modifier calculation for Resilience when the attacker has bonus critical strike damage.

Power Regeneration: Any effect which triggers a change in your rate of power regeneration (Mana, Rage, Energy, Focus) will now cause an immediate reward of some power at the old rate of increase, and then begin new “ticks” of power at the new rate approximately 2 seconds later. This was done to improve functionality of abilities such as Evocation and Innervate so that they did not have wasted “ticks”.

Mac Movie Capture: the Mac client can now capture in-game video to QuickTime movie files using a configurable choice of codec, resolution, and frame rate. Two new entries have been added to the Key Bindings dialog for start/stop recording and for cancellation of a recording. For more detailed configuration options please see the Mac Options panel in game. Mac OS X 10.4.9 and QuickTime 7.1.6 or better are required. Not all machines have enough performance to smoothly capture video at high frame rates; end user experimentation will be required to find appropriate settings for each system.

Pets are now affected by Paladin greater blessings.

Kill Triggered Effects: Effects that trigger from killing your target will no longer trigger from killing your pet.

Non-combat pets may not be selected as the target for spells or abilities.

Non-combat pets now have the tag "Companion" instead of "Minion".

Being attacked by guardians, such as summoned Treants, will no longer automatically causes neutral guards to attack you.

Meeting Stones can no longer be used to summon players that do not meet the level requirements.

Damage and health leech effects always affect flying players even if they are immune to the rest of the spell’s affects while in flight.

Dueling players may not use a Lightwell that they didn’t create themselves.

Troll Berserk: The spell haste on this ability was incorrectly too high and has been corrected.

PvP

Dueling players may not use a Lightwell that they didn’t create themselves.

Arenas

Arena calculations have been modified. In addition, the penalty for smaller arena teams (2v2, 3v3) has been slightly reduced.

Items that are indicated as quest items in their tooltips and have a "use" or "equip" ability will not work in PvP arenas.

Players will no longer be able to change armor once an arena battle has begun. Changing armor will still be available during the one-minute prep time prior to the battle. Main hand, off hand and range weapon swapping in combat remains unchanged.

Druids

Cat Form (Night Elf) melee attack range was too short compared to Tauren Cat Form and other attack ranges. It has been increased.

Cyclone: It is no longer possible to Cyclone two targets at the same time in the outdoor world.

Cyclone: Paladin Auras, Trueshot Aura, and Aspect of the Pack will now be automatically reactivated when Cyclone wears off of a victim who had one of the abilities active.

Enrage: If this buff is clicked off early, the armor penalty it causes will now be removed as well.

Enrage and Furor should no longer initiate combat, though it will prevent rage decay for the duration.

Entangling Roots: It is no longer possible to have Entangling Roots on two targets at the same time in the outdoor world.

Entangling Roots: It is no longer possible to have more than one rank of this spell active on a player.

Force of Nature: Using this spell in a neutral town will no longer cause its victim to be attacked by town guards. It also will no longer cause nearby party members to lose stealth.

Hibernate and Entangling Roots duration against PvP targets has been reduced to 10 seconds.

Hurricane: This spell is now affected by area damage caps. Its bonus damage coefficients have also been increased.

Hurricane: A tooltip error in rank 3 has been corrected.

Lacerate: The damage from this ability will now stack properly when two different characters are applying Lacerate to a target.

Mangle: The duration remaining graphic will now display properly for Mangle after it has been refreshed on a target. It will also no longer sometimes apply the Mangle debuff to nearby targets when the Mangle victim is killed by Mangle.

Natures Grasp: This ability can now trigger while the Druid is sitting.

Tree of Life: The party aura from this shapeshift now extends the full 40-yard radius as stated in the tooltip.

Hunters

Aspect of the Cheetah: This ability will now cause Hunters to become dazed when struck while sitting.

Aspect of the Pack: This ability will now cause party members to become dazed when struck while sitting.

Aspect of the Viper: This ability has received a slight redesign. The amount of mana regained will increase as the Hunter’s percentage of mana remaining decreases. At about 60% mana, it is equivalent to the previous version of Aspect of the Viper. Below that margin, it is better (up to twice as much mana as the old version); while above that margin, it will be less effective. The mana regained never drops below 10% of intellect every 5 sec. or goes above 50% of intellect every 5 sec.

Freezing Trap and Scare Beast duration against PvP targets has been reduced to 10 seconds.

Hunters Mark: The duration remaining graphic will now display properly for Hunters Mark after it has been refreshed on a target, and will properly consume mana when recasting it to refresh its duration.

Kill Command will not charge the hunter mana if their pet is on passive.

Misdirection: Items used while Misdirection is active will now consume a charge correctly.

Steady Shot: The tooltip stating the percentage of Attack Power gained by Steady Shot was inaccurate and has been corrected. The damage remains unchanged.

Volley: This spell is now affected by area damage caps. Its bonus damage coefficients have also been increased. It also correctly consumes charges of Misdirection.

Hunter Pets

Raptors can now learn Dash.

Mages

Arcane Missiles: Some procs were not triggered by this spell and now will be (such as Eye of Magtheridon). The tooltip for this spell will now update correctly when a Mage is affected by spell haste.

Blizzard: This spell is now affected by area damage caps. Its bonus damage coefficients have also been increased.

Dragons Breath: The movement-slowing component of this spell is now properly considered a Snare. Immunity and clearing effects will now work properly with it.

Frost Nova: This spell is now affected correctly by area damage caps.

Molten Armor: This armor can now be triggered while the Mage is sitting.

Polymorph duration against PvP targets has been reduced to 10 seconds.

Slow: It is no longer sometimes possible to Slow two targets at the same time in the outdoor world.

Spell Steal now receives the proper amount of points from a stacked aura.

Paladins

Auras: Changing auras will no longer trigger effects that occur when you cast a spell.

Blessing of Freedom cooldown increased to 25 seconds.

Blessing of Protection: This spell can no longer be cast on others when stunned. It can only be cast on self (to break the stun) under those circumstances.

Blessing of Kings, Light, Might, Salvation, Sanctuary and Wisdom increased to 10 minutes.

Blessing of Sacrifice now has a 1-minute cooldown.

Consecration will now properly hit large creatures.

Greater Blessing of Kings, Light, Might, Salvation, Sanctuary and Wisdom increased to 30 minutes.

Guardians Favor now increases duration of Blessing of Freedom by 2/4 seconds.

Eye for an Eye: This ability can now trigger while the Paladin is sitting.

Hammer of Wrath cast time reduced to .5 seconds, global cooldown reduced to .5 seconds.

Illumination: Paladins will now correctly gain mana from this ability if they sit down to drink right after a healing crit, and receiving mana from this ability will no longer cause a Paladin who is sitting to stand up.

Judgement: The Judgement spells will no longer cause triggered effects to go off twice.

Redoubt: This ability can now trigger while the Paladin is sitting.

Reckoning: This ability can now trigger while the Paladin is sitting.

Righteous Defense: In some cases this ability would fail to work properly when the Paladin casting it had just been crowd controlled by a creature. That is now fixed.

Sanctified Judgement: This talent will now give the correct amount of mana when used in conjunction with Seal of Justice.

Seal of Righteousness: The tooltip for this ability has been improved. It now displays a different number for one-handed weapons and two-handed weapons, and adjusts to the speed of your current weapon. It displays a single number, rather than a range of numbers for different handedness and speeds.

Seal of Vengeance: The damage from this ability will now stack properly when two different characters are applying Seal of Vengeance effects to a target.

Seal of Vengeance duration increased to 15 seconds. In addition, when Seal of Vengeance strikes a target that already has 5 applications you will cause instant Holy damage.

Priests

Focused Power: This talent now increases the hit chance of all components of Mass Dispel correctly.

Inner Focus: This ability will no longer lose charges when Shadowguard or Touch of Weakness is triggered.

Lightwell: The heals from this ability are now increased by the bonus healing effects on the Priest.

Mass Dispel: The portion of this spell that removes immunity effects (Blessing of Protection, Ice Block, etc.), now has a chance to be resisted, and will display correctly to the combat log. It will no longer cause Rogues and Druids in Cat Form to lose stealth.

Mind Control: Creatures immune to this spell will now cause an immediate error message rather than make it seem like the spell succeeded with no effect.

Mind Control duration against PvP targets has been reduced to 10 seconds.

Pain Suppression: This talent will now reduce the chance for any buff on the Priest to be dispelled, rather than reduce the chance of dispelling buffs cast while it is active.

Prayer of Mending: This spell can no longer jump to an Imp with Phase Shift active. It will also no longer cause the healed target to stand up.

Prayer of Mending: This ability will now be triggered when a player takes damage from effects placed on friendly targets.

Shadowguard: This ability will now work properly even when the Priest is stunned, fleeing, or incapacitated.

Shackle Undead: It is no longer possible to have Shackle Undead on two targets at the same time in the outdoor world.

Surge of Light: This ability now properly grants its effects to one and only one casting of Smite each time it activates. Interaction issues with Inner Focus have been fixed.

Touch of Weakness: This ability will now trigger properly if struck while mounted.

Rogues

Blade Flurry: This ability will now do damage to secondary targets when the primary target takes no damage due to a damage shield (such as Power Word: Shield).

Cold Blood: This effect will now be consumed by all crits, including those against targets with damage shields.

Master of Subtlety: The bonus damage from this talent is now properly removed when a Rogue loses stealth from zoning.

Sap: It is no longer possible to Sap two targets at the same time in the outdoor world.

Sap duration against PvP targets has been reduced to 10 seconds.

Sword Specialization: This talent’s free extra attacks can no longer trigger additional extra attacks.

Shaman

Earthbind Totem: This totem will no longer break Rogue stealth.

Earth Shield: It is no longer possible to Earth Shield two targets at the same time in the outdoor world.

Earth Shield is now canceled at logout.

Elemental Focus: The free spell triggered by a Lightning Overload will no longer consume this effect.

Flametongue Weapon: Damage lowered slightly on rank 6 so that it is never better than rank 7.

Focused Mind (Restoration) now reduces duration of Silence/Interrupt mechanics by 10/20/30%.

Lightning Shield: This ability will now work properly even when the Shaman is stunned, fleeing, or incapacitated.

Natures Guardian: This ability can now trigger while the Shaman is sitting.

Totems: Totems that grant only friendly beneficial effects will no longer trigger attacks from neutral city guards.

Warlock

Banish, Seduction, Enslave Demon and Fear duration against PvP targets has been reduced to 10 seconds.

Death Coil: Immunity to Horror effects no longer grants immunity to the damage portion of this spell.

Demonic Knowledge: This effect will no longer deactivate when the Warlocks pet is Banished.

Drain Life: The tooltip for this spell will now update correctly when a Warlock is affected by spell haste.

Inferno: This spell will now cause the Infernals attacks to put the Warlock into combat with neutral town guards.

Intercept (Felguard) will now cause damage to targets that are immune to stun.

Nether Protection: This ability can now trigger while the Warlock is sitting.

Nightfall: This ability can now trigger while the Warlock is sitting.

Rain of Fire: This spell is now affected by area damage caps. Its bonus damage coefficients have also been increased.

Seed of Corruption: Dead targets will no longer be erroneously counted toward the damage cap on this spell.

Shadow Embrace: The effect from this talent will no longer last indefinitely if applied while charmed by an NPC.

Unstable Affliction: This spell will no longer fail when a Warlock deselects their target midway through the cast.

Warriors

A Warriors Overpower will properly become available when one of his Sword Specialization procs is dodged by another player.

Bloodrage should no longer initiate combat, though it will prevent rage decay for the duration.

Bloodrage: Warriors no longer remain in combat indefinitely if this ability is active while zoning.

Devastate: The duration remaining graphic will now display properly for Sunder Armor after it has been refreshed on a target by Devastate.

Intercept will now cause damage to targets that are immune to stun.

Sword Specialization: This talent’s free extra attacks can no longer trigger additional extra attacks.

Professions

Various crafting recipes have been added to the Violet Eye faction vendor.

Triggered Effects: Tradeskill recipes will no longer trigger items that are designed to be triggered by only combat spells.

A new recipe for Steady Talasite is now available from the Halaa vendors, at the cost of research tokens. This superior green gem grants resilience and stamina.

Alchemy

Flask of Shadow Fortification will transform into the Flask of Pure Death. This new flask increases Frost, Fire, and Shadow spell damage.

Flask of Arcane Fortification will transform into the Flask of Blinding Light. This new flask increases Holy, Nature, and Arcane spell damage.

A new flask that increases all resists and stats has been added to the Violet Eye reputation vendor.

Blacksmithing

Changed the set bonuses afforded by Fel Iron Plate to increase hit chance and Strength.

Added a new recipe for Ragesteel Shoulders that drops from an unknown creature in Shadowmoon Valley.

Reduced the number of pieces required to get the benefits of the Ragesteel set bonus.

Enchanting

Nexus Transformation: This recipe to transform a Nexus Crystal into a Small Prismatic Shard has been added to some Enchanting trainers.

Small Prismatic Shards: This recipe to transform a Large Prismatic Shard into 3 Small Prismatic Shards has been added to some Enchanting trainers.

Large Prismatic Shard: It is no longer possible to gain skill points in Enchanting from this recipe.

Engineering

Reduced the cooldown on the engineer-made Parachute Cloak.

Jewelcrafting

Added a recipe for Steady Talasite to the Halaa vendors. This new recipe requires Halaa Research Tokens to purchase and creates a superior green gem that grants Resilience and Stamina.

Quests

Banish the Demons now rewards either a Darkrune or a Fragmented Darkrune. Five fragmented Darkrunes can be combined to create a Darkrune.

During the quest, "The Smallest Creatures", the marmots stealth ability is working once again.

Firewing Warlocks are less likely to want to engage in melee combat.

Fixed an issue wherein a character with a darkrune would not be able to turn it in to Gahk in return for a crystalforged darkrune unless they first completed the daily quest "Banish More Demons" that day.

In the Bad Medicine quest in Stranglethorn, Jungle Remedies can now be found on Jungle Fighters.

In Hillsbrad, additional Syndicate Papers were added to the Corahns Dagger subzone Syndicate camp. Quest text was changed to reflect this.

In the Bomb Them Again quest, the cooldown of the Skyguard bombs was decreased to 5 seconds (was 10).

In the Relics Emanation quest, the money reward was decreased while the Ogrila faction reward was increased.

Mawg Grimshots flavor events have been fixed.

Resolved issues with Obsidia, Rivendark, Insidion, and Furywing sometimes not responding to their eggs being used.

The duration of the Apexis Relic and Apexis Monument beams was slightly reduced, to more easily separate 2 back-to-back beams.

The following Quest Objects will no longer briefly despawn when looted: Mythology of the Titans, Compendium of the Fallen, Maidens Folly Charts, Maidens Folly Log, Spirit of Silverpine Charts, Spirit of Silverpine Log.

Various issues breaking the "Showdown" quest fight have been resolved.